Cisco Moving On Set-Top Boxes

nevermindme writes "Cisco has agreed to plunk down a whopping $6.9bn for Scientific-Atlanta, hoping to take a major share of the set-top-box market and push video efforts. The networking giant will pay $43 per share in cash for Scientific-Atlanta ($5.3bn) and swallow $1.6bn in debt. With the buy, Cisco acquires one of the more dominant set-top-box makers. In addition, it pushes well beyond the data center to touch consumers where they live."

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Ummm...

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In addition, it pushes well beyond the data center to touch consumers where they live.

Quite frankly I don't need Cisco touching me and would appreciate it if they didn't touch my wife either.

I'm also kind of concerned that I might need a CCNA, you know, a Can't Configure Network Access certification, just to install a frigging cable box. CCNA holders have a high incidence of primma donnas amongst them and I can't see them deigning to be cable monkeys or accepting the sh*tty pay that the customer support techs do just to send commands to a box all day. I mean, not as though they want to do it now.

Disclaimer: I am not a CCNA holder and send commands to Cisco boxes all day but am willing to deal with almost sh*tty pay for many reasons among which would be that no one made me go out and get a CCNA first. At least it isn't cable work any more.

#ifconfig vid0 filterset allow porn vod
You know...